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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An objective test that is given and scored in a uniform manner. Scores are often norm-referenced. For example SAT






2. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






3. Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence. The accented part is spoken louder - longer - and/or in a higher tone. The speaker's mouth opens wider while saying an accented syllable.






4. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






5. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






6. Inferential learning of a concept cannot be take for granted! Never assume!






7. Closed syllable - open syllable - vowel- consonant-e - r controlled syllable - vowel team - final stable syllable






8. A word that is immediately recognized as a whole and does not require decoding to identify. A sight word may or may not be phonetically regular.






9. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






10. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






11. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






12. 1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital word blindness" - called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching of those that were identified with congenital word-blindness






13. Words that are able to be broken apart by the position of the vowels and consonants in order to pronounce.






14. A score that describes student performance in terms of the statistical performance of an average student at a given grade level. Ranges from K.0 to 12.9 Are not a dependable representation of progress






15. A letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning or ending of a base word or root that creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different that the base word or root.






16. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






17. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






18. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






19. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning






20. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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21. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






22. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






23. Individual Educational Plan






24. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






25. A term coined by Stanovich to describe a phenomenon observed in findings of cumulative advantage for children who read well and have good vocabulary and cumulative disadvantage for those who have inadequate vocabularies and read less and thus have lo






26. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






27. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






28. Study of sounds and how the work within their environment






29. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






30. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






31. Given normal vision - the ability to recognize and interpret information taken in with the eye.






32. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






33. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality






34. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






35. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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36. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






37. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






38. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






39. Whole body learning






40. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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41. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






42. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.






43. A group of several test standardized on the same sample population so that results on the several tests are comparable. Example : School achievement tests






44. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






45. English as a second language






46. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)






47. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






48. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






49. Reading can be learned as naturally as speaking - reading is focused on constructing meaning from texts using children's books rather than basal or controlled readers - reading is best learned in the context of the group - phonics is taught indirectl






50. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.